21 July 2014
The final outcome document >> of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development with the list of proposed Sustainable Development Goals has been released.
A summary >> by iisd reporting services is also available.

14-15 April 2014Special high-level meeting >> of ECOSOC with the World Bank, IMF, WTO and UNCTAD on 'Coherence, coordination and cooperation in the context of financing for sustainable development and the post-2015 development agenda'.

11 November 2013
The UN GA Second Committee and ECOSOC joined forces >> to "examine 'the future of employment' and the need for bold action to ensure the post-2015 development agenda provides decent work for all".

5 March 2013
In a lecture >> at the Stockholm School of Economics, hosted by the European Commission and UNDP, Kevin Watkins (incoming head of UK ODI) made the case for “putting inequality at the heart of the agenda” because it violates basic human rights, and “will act as a break on progress towards vital post-MDG goals.”

28 February 2013
UNRISD, the ILO and UN-NGLS have announced a conference 'Potential and Limits of Social and Solidarity Economy' to take place 6-8 May 2013 in Geneva. A couple of think pieces are available from the website >>

29 October 2012
There is a paper by Duncan Green, Stephen Hale and Matthew Lockwood on 'How can a post-2015 Agreement drive real change?' >>9 October 2012
The Institute for Policy Studies sent a letter >> signed by 58 organisations to World Bank president Jim Kim, urging him to champion financial transaction taxes.

22 June 2012
The German finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble announced >> efforts by a core group of EU countries to introduce a financial transaction tax. Apart from Germany, France, Italy and Spain were said to be behind the initiative. The revenues from such a tax should be used to wind down bad banks. Related opinions can be found at robinhoodtax.org >>.

7 June 2012
UN DESA published an mid-2012 Update >> of its World Economic Situation and Prospects report, demanding that "countries need to shift away from self-defeating fiscal austerity and towards a renewed stimulus, which provides support to weak global demand.

21 May 2012
'Be Outraged' >>, an edited collection by an international group of economists and social scientists was published. It argues "that austerity is bad economics, bad arithmetic, and ignores the lessons of history." A discussion on the book is in Duncan Green's blog >>.

29 May 2013A Special Meeting >> of ECOSOC on International Cooperation in Tax Matters took place at the UN Headquarters in New York.